A385 crash in the South Hams on 14 March 1986 at 14:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A385 in the South Hams at 14:55 on Friday 14 March 1986. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 1986
- Friday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43936, longitude -3.69544, in the TQ9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totnes.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198650F510322
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 385
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1997.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 15 September 1997
20 m awayRef 199750F512017
Slight
Colt Galant crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 29 November 1997
28 m awayRef 199750F512658
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 6 June 2025
30 m awayRef 2025501599507
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 31 July 2007
32 m awayRef 200750F51J076
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 15 September 2021
45 m awayRef 2021501094883
Slight
Lorry crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 12 January 1984
50 m awayRef 198450F510066
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198650F510322 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 1986.